as in to shed
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
a soap that promises to help me exfoliate all that dry, flaky skin I've apparently been carrying around
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Recent Examples of exfoliate
Though a scrub can also remove dead cells, chemically exfoliating with alpha hydroxy acid products can go beyond the surface to provide many more benefits.
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Emily Orofino, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2025
Goes Well With Want to round out your head-to-toe exfoliating routine?
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
It's designed to smooth and soften skin using watermelon seed butter and hyaluronic acid for moisture, plus hibiscus to gently exfoliate.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Finally, gluconolactone gently exfoliates and removes dead skin cells.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
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Emily Orofino, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2025
Goes Well With Want to round out your head-to-toe exfoliating routine?
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
It's designed to smooth and soften skin using watermelon seed butter and hyaluronic acid for moisture, plus hibiscus to gently exfoliate.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Finally, gluconolactone gently exfoliates and removes dead skin cells.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exfoliate
shed
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Now, about a month and a half after the film’s release on streaming, Ice Cube is shedding a little light about the production.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On an outside zone play, Fox shed several tacklers and outran the Falcons’ secondary to quiet the Skyridge sideline and fan section, which had been energized up to that point.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Exfoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exfoliate. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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